Paul, I have found vo-F to be not so accurate. I search for things I know are there, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. However, I can work between the rotor and vo-F to almost duplicate item chooser, but, not nearly as smooth. Well, it is what it is until there's a fix.
On Sep 24, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Neal and others, > To add to this, if you're looking for a specific word, you can also do a vo f > for find, then type in your term, and hit enter. If it finds, then the vo > cursor jumps on to it. If not, you will hear a soft sound to indicate failure. > Hth, > Paul. > On Sep 24, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> I know all about the rotor, but, in many cases, I am looking for a >> particular word or phrase, not necessarily a link. >> >> I will drop accessibility an email as you suggested. >> >> >> On Sep 23, 2011, at 2:08 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: >> >>> Dan, >>> >>> The problem is caused by I am not exactly sure what, Apple are aware of the >>> specific issue with the Item Chooser and VO, and its across the board I'm >>> afraid, not just limited to the two aspects you mention. >>> >>> One thing that won't hurt is you dropping a line to [email protected] >>> to voice your frustration. >>> >>> For the time being the work around that seems to work for me permanently is >>> to use the Web Item Rotor, brought up by using VO-U, rather than VO-I. >>> >>> You will need to ensure that the option for Links is enabled in the Voice >>> Over Utility under the Web category / Web rotor options... >>> >>> Personally in this option I only have Headers, Links, Form Controls and >>> Auto Web Spots enabled, but you'll find a combination that works for you. >>> >>> Do note that when the rotor appears, you can use left / right arrows to >>> change the items being shown between the various settings you have >>> allocated in the VO Utility. so for me, based on the above setup, I have >>> four tabs, headers, links, auto web spots and form controls. >>> >>> You can then type what you are looking for as with the Item Chooser, and >>> for now this works just as well as the Item Chooser, bar that it is a few >>> extra steps to jump through. >>> >>> enjoy. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Neil Barnfather >>> >>> Talks List Administrator >>> Twitter @neilbarnfather >>> >>> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your >>> accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com >>> >>> URL: - www.talknav.com >>> e-mail: - [email protected] >>> Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 >>> >>> >>> >>> On 23 Sep 2011, at 04:05, Dan Roy wrote: >>> >>> I know this has ben discussed before, but, I bet, by now, someone has >>> figured this out. >>> >>> the Item chooser doesn't seem to work under Lion using either Safari or >>> Webkit. It comes up, but, the letter navigation doesn't work properly. It >>> shows some vary odd results. I know about VO-F for finding things, but, I >>> found that Item chooser works much better, or, at least, it did before I >>> upgraded to Lion. >>> >>> Actually, I don't know if it's Lion, the newer version of the browser, or, >>> a combination of both. >>> >>> if anyone has any ideas on how to get the item chooser to work, I would >>> appreciate knowing about it, thanks. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
